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Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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1061 points danso | 7 comments | 29 May 20 07:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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darepublic ◴[29 May 20 17:11 UTC] No.23352614[source]▶
As someone of mixed ethnicity who, if I was there could easily be victimized by a senseless mob to whom I owe nothing and have committed no crime against.. yea I am not happy with how the mainstream media promotes and covers this story, downplaying the victims of the chaos and sympathizing with outpourings of anger even if illegal. To clarify, looters should not be shot, law should prevail, and the policeman involved in the original incident should be investigated.. but the mainstream media is to my mind basically behind the looters, and I know if by chance I or someone like me were to be caught in the crossfire and killed, the mainstream media, posturing as champions of justice, would just implicitly shrug. So yea I can't help but feel disaffected by this coverage, no matter how vile the originating incident.
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1. baby ◴[29 May 20 17:45 UTC] No.23353094[source]▶
You are enabling a fascist government. You are complicit.

This is the strategy to vilify any movements from the people: focus on how they are acting violent, when this violence is very well in proportion to the enemy’s first move.

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2. misja111 ◴[29 May 20 17:59 UTC] No.23353304[source]▶
How is looting innocent shop owners in proportion to the wrongdoings of the police force?

And if this 'an eye for an eye' philosophy is what you are promoting, how is Trump's tweet then out of place?

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3. anigbrowl ◴[29 May 20 18:03 UTC] No.23353377[source]▶
How was the looting of innocent tea merchants in proportion to the wrongdoings of George III's soldiers?

Stop equating property with life. They're not the same. They're not even close.

4. LordDragonfang ◴[29 May 20 18:07 UTC] No.23353429[source]▶
Property damage < loss of human life

I know this may be a difficult thing to accept for some people on this site, since it is at its core a tech investment site, but no amount of financial damage would be "proportional" to systemic excusal of murder.

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5. ardy42 ◴[29 May 20 18:10 UTC] No.23353467[source]▶
https://www.startribune.com/let-my-building-burn-minneapolis...:

> A restaurant caught in the crossfire of unrest in Minneapolis Thursday night has sent a powerful message to its followers on social media: “Let my building burn.”

https://www.facebook.com/111805205582613/posts/3030378453725...:

> Sadly Gandhi Mahal has caught fire and has been damaged....Don’t worry about us, we will rebuild and we will recover. This is Hafsa, Ruhel’s daughter writing, as I am sitting next to my dad watching the news, I hear him say on the phone; “ let my building burn, Justice needs to be served, put those officers in jail”. Gandhi Mahal May have felt the flames last night, but our firey drive to help protect and stand with our community will never die! Peace be with everyone.

6. jaydenseric ◴[30 May 20 10:22 UTC] No.23360022{3}[source]▶
You are naive to think mass riots, looting and arson won’t lead to deaths. Someone with respect for human life wouldn't set fire to a building or repeatedly punch a disabled lady in a wheelchair in the back of the head and take her purse. Already at least 7 people have been shot. 63 people died in the 1992 LA riots.
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7. baby ◴[31 May 20 18:17 UTC] No.23371409{4}[source]▶
And you are naive to think that not standing up against fascism works (cf. world war II)